title: Advances of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) for pancreatic cancer.
abstract: High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a novel therapeutic modality. Several preclinical and clinical studies have investigated the safety and efficacy of HIFU for treating solid tumours, including pancreatic cancer. Preliminary studies suggest that HIFU may be useful for the palliative therapy of cancer-related pain in patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer. This review provides a brief overview of HIFU, describes current clinical applications of HIFU for pancreatic cancer, and discusses future applications and challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University , Shanghai 200092 , China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xiaoping
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Leizhen
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000628:therapy; D000818:Animals; D057086:High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*